PERFECT MEMOIRS
A PERSONAL HISTORY - Deborah Wilbrink
I was in burn-out mode in 2011. The last thing high school students need is a teacher who isn't radiating love, and I knew it was time for a break. Evert reminded me to “Follow your heart.” My heart led me to edit or ghostwrite over 50 memoirs and family histories for older people. I love history, story, and elders; I had found the perfect fit by opening Perfect Memoirs. I learned some graphic design and was able to give my clients their heritage books for the next generations in a one-stop-shop.
There were lots of people who preferred to do it themselves. For them, I gave 100s of speeches and workshops . Realizing there were few songs encouraging people to write their memoirs and family histories, I began recording some, and wrote a self-help book to go with them, Time to Tell Your Personal and Family History (shown below). The songs became an album, Time to Tell: Songs About Your Personal & Family History. And some of those Best Book Ever blogs and the life lessons learned from my clients' memoirs will resurface in Musings.
Semi-retiring in 2023, I thank my clients for trusting me with their stories. I have learned so much from you! I'll be applying all those honed skills to write The Experiment, my own memoir. I've learned from other personal historians too, and I thank them. I'll be posting links to these folks soon below the Memoir Jukebox on this page.
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